Portillo’s has opened a second location at Waterford Lakes in East Orlando at 315 N Alafaya Trail, Orlando, FL 32828. The new Portillo’s restaurant is designed with a diner theme, the 7,800 square-foot restaurant, indoor and outdoor seating for dine-in guests, as well as a Portillo’s Pick Up area, our Grab and Go retail section, and their signature double drive-thru lanes.
Portillo’s, founded in 1963 by Dick Portillo as “The Dog House” in Villa Park, Illinois, is a Chicago-based fast-casual chain famous for Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches, and chocolate cake shakes.
Portillo’s specializes in Chicago-style hot dogs—steamed poppy seed buns loaded with all-beef franks, mustard, relish, onions, tomatoes, pickles, sport peppers, and celery salt—and Italian beef sandwiches, featuring thinly sliced, seasoned roast beef soaked in savory au jus, often with sweet or hot peppers.
Starting with a $1,100 investment in a small trailer, it grew to over 90 locations across 10 states, including three in Greater Orlando. The chain, sold to Berkshire Partners in 2014 and public since 2021, emphasizes quality ingredients and unique, nostalgia-themed restaurant designs.
